Posts Tagged ‘pipelines’
Energy Burden Affects Low-Income and Minority Families and other news briefs
More environmental news from across the region including the impact of energy bills on low-income and minority families, regulation of coal ash cleanup and methane emissions.
Read MoreNo need for more fracked-gas pipelines
There is a widespread assumption that natural gas infrastructure — like the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Mountain Valley Pipeline — would only be built if they were necessary. This assumption is not supported by the facts, as outlined here in a guest blog from a leading energy analyst.
Read MoreWhat’s Coming Down the Natural Gas Pipeline?
Fracked from the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations, a surplus of natural gas could surge into Virginia and North Carolina if new pipelines and infrastructure projects are approved. Citizens and economic experts are raising questions about how steep a toll — both financially and environmentally — these investments in natural gas will take.
Read MoreGroups in two states challenge WB XPress
Contact: Ben Luckett, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, 304-645-0125, [email protected] Kate Rooth, Appalachian Voices, 804-536-5598, [email protected] Anne Havemann, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, 240-396-1984, [email protected] Kirk Bowers, Virginia Chapter, Sierra Club, 434-296-8673, [email protected] On behalf of conservation groups in Virginia and West Virginia, Appalachian Mountain Advocates today filed a formal protest and motion to intervene in the Federal…
Read MoreRallying Against Climate Change
In October, we worked with our community partners to organize a rally in downtown Charlottesville, Va. This demonstration was part of the National Day of Action in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference schedule to take place in Paris in December. More than 150 residents gathered to ask their representatives to stop the…
Read MoreI heard it through the pipeline
From Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s perspective, it’s probably best to just keep a lid on what state officials say publicly about controversial natural gas pipelines proposed to cut through the state. But among opponents of the pipelines, the administration’s actions are only deepening skepticism of the governor and his relationship with the projects’ primary backers.
Read MoreCharlottesville Joins National Day of Climate Action
From Anchorage to Miami, and South Portland to San Diego, thousands of people came out for the National Day of Climate Action this month. In Charlottesville, Appalachian Voices helped turn out perhaps the largest, most diverse environmental justice crowd ever assembled here.
Read MoreNatural Gas Pipelines Encroach on Appalachia
A circuit court judge ruled that a natural gas pipeline project could not survey private land without the owner’s permission.
Read MoreResidents in Mountain Valley path pipe up at hearing
Turnout was tremendous at the first of two public hearings where Virginians had a chance to share their stories and environmental concerns about the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline with federal energy regulators.